Exodus 9:31 Go deeper
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And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. (KJV)
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וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥הve.ha.pish.Tahand the flax
Lemma: פִּשְׁתָּה (pish.tah) · Strong's: H6594
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: flax
Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 42:3, Isaiah 43:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6594; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 1
וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖הve.ha.se.'o.Rahand the barley
Lemma: שְׂעֹרָה (se.o.rah) · Strong's: H8184
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: barley
Used 34 times. Also: Leviticus 27:16, Numbers 5:15, Deuteronomy 8:8, Judges 7:13, Ruth 1:22, Ruth 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8184; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 2
נֻכָּ֑תָהnu.Ka.tahit was struck
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVPp3fs)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 3
כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 4
הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ha.se.'o.Rahthe barley
Lemma: שְׂעֹרָה (se.o.rah) · Strong's: H8184
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: barley
Used 34 times. Also: Leviticus 27:16, Numbers 5:15, Deuteronomy 8:8, Judges 7:13, Ruth 1:22, Ruth 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8184; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 5
אָבִ֔יב'a.Viv[was] young barley ear[s]
Lemma: אָבִיב (a.viv) · Strong's: H0024
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: Abib
Used 8 times. Also: Exodus 13:4, Exodus 23:15, Exodus 34:18, Leviticus 2:14, Deuteronomy 16:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0024; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 6
וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖הve.ha.pish.Tahand the flax
Lemma: פִּשְׁתָּה (pish.tah) · Strong's: H6594
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: flax
Used 4 times. Also: Isaiah 42:3, Isaiah 43:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6594; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 7
גִּבְעֹֽל\׃giv.'Ol[was] bud
Lemma: גִּבְעֹל (giv.ol) · Strong's: H1392
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: bud
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1392; TAHOT Exodus 9:31 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now the flax | → | פִּשְׁתָּה H6594 flax |
| and barley | → | שְׂעֹרָה H8184 barley |
| were destroyed | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| since | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| the barley | → | שְׂעֹרָה H8184 barley |
| . . . | → | אָבִיב H0024 Abib |
| was ripe and the flax | → | פִּשְׁתָּה H6594 flax |
| [was] in bloom | → | גִּבְעֹל H1392 bud |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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